2nd Earl Of Cassillis Gilbert KENNEDY

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EARLDOM OF CASSILLIS

II. 2. GILBERT (KENNEDY), EARL OF CASSILLIS, &C. [SCT], son and heir, by 1st wife. He was P.C. to James V, by whom he was twice sent on an embassy to England, taking the part of the Queen Dowager against the Earl of Angus. He was of the French faction and supported the Regent Albany, and was one of those in charge of the young King in 1523. Having joined in the unsuccessful attempt of the Earl of Lennox to rescue the King from the Douglas faction, he was a prisoner in the hands of the Earl of Arran in December 1526. He married, Isabel, 2nd daughter of Archibald (CAMPBELL), 2nd EARL OF ARGYLL [SCT], by Elizabeth, daughter of John (STUART), EARL OF LENNOX [SCT]. He died between 24 and 30 August 1527, being slain by Sir Hugh Cimpbell, of Loudoun, at the Pow [Burn?] of Prestwick, co. Ayr. [CP 3:74]

Gilbert married Isobel CAMPBELL, daughter of 2nd Earl Of Argyll Archibald CAMPBELL and 2nd Earl Lennox Elizabeth STEWART. (Isobel CAMPBELL was born about 1493 in Scotland.)